REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands baseball team (4-5) jumped out to an early 4-0 lead and would eventually take down Whitman College, 16-7, Friday afternoon at The Yard in game one of three.

Tyler Barsness singled home Jesse Bullard in the first for a quick 1-0 lead. In the second Sean McCance and Tanner Gerosa made it 4-0 with a pair of singles.

Whitman got two runs back in the third before Ian Umscheid hit a solo home run to right field. After the Blues made it 5-3 Bulldogs lead in the top of the fourth, Redlands plated six runs in the fifth.

A passed ball, bases loaded walk to Luke Hanson, and a wild pitch allowed the first three Bulldogs to score. Bullard then doubled home a pair before Umscheid found grass in the gap to make it 11-3.

The final five runs came off a Hanson sacrifice fly, a Bullard home rum, a second Hanson sacrifice fly, a bases loaded walk drawn by Nate Miller, and a Nevan Namgoong triple that brought around Bubba Correa.

Starter Joe Godoy avoided costly walks, allowing only two free passes across six, two-earned run innings. He struck out seven batters to pick up the win. Tate Keddington struck out another six across the final three innings.

Bullard, Eddy Stone, Mason Chetcuti, and McCance all had three hits to help the Bulldogs record 20 base hits.

Redlands and Whitman begin their doubleheader tomorrow morning with first pitch of game one at 11 a.m.